Taxi Driver (1976) [reclassified 2013]

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Synopsis

Drama. A Vietnam veteran working as a taxi driver (Robert DeNiro) struggles to cope with his understanding of morality and the behaviour of those around him.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, and vulgar expressions; frequent use of sexual and ethno-cultural slurs
• Infrequent use of crude sexual language
• Infrequent portrayals of gun and weapons violence – some blood, detail
• Infrequent portrayals of and references to sexual activity – buttock nudity, little detail
• Infrequent references to drug use for recreational activity

Thematic elements

• Purpose and place
• The search for connection
• The nature of heroism and villainy

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for detailed violence and brief sexual content

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